A high-ranking aide to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Democratic chiefs of staff that a government shutdown is more likely than not, according to attendees.
Speaking at a regular meeting of the top aides to House Democrats, Pelosi’s floor director, Jerry Hartz, offered up, unprompted, his assessment that the odds favor inaction before the government runs out of money, sources said.
Yeah, there’s never going to be a budget, and thus a federal government, ever again. It was a nice run, United States of America, but it just became too hard to reach consensus when both sides were pretty sure the other was a bunch of Nazis. What they should have realized is that they’re all Nazis. [Politico]
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Let's just cut out the middle man and let the biggest corporations officially take over.
God Bless (Bank of) America.
Corporations iz people too – The Supremes have ruled.
Power to the People, Uber Alles!
Wait — if corporations are people does that mean that a corporation buying another corporation is illegal? I mean don't most states above the Mason-Dixon line recognize the 13th amendment?
Wonder if there is going to be a clearance sale? Hurry in before everything is Pentagone!
You want tanks? We got tanks! Flamethrowers, hand grenades, machine guns too! Be the first on your block to be the last on your block. Don't Delay!
Cash or checks only. No credit cards.
With a fiscal policy this crazy, everything must go!!!
How much for that B-2 bomber over there?
Make me an offer. As Lionel said, "everything must go!!"
We're shutting down? Then can someone give me a job? Will do science for food.
If you can "Do science" in your offtime, fine. Right now Applebee's needs servers, Mars needs women, and Boehner needs another drink.
I don't know why I'm laughing so hard, but I am.
breaking bad ftw.
"let's cook."
If the Federal government shuts down will we even notice?
If the airplanes can't land because the ATCs don't get paid, and Soshecurity checks don't come, and the banks can't process checks anyway because the Federal Reserve is closed, and the Olds and Poors can't go to the doctor because Medicare and Medicaid can't reimburse the docs, then yes, we will notice.
But the good news the drugs will flow in from Mexico unhindered by ICE! Yay!
Not only will you notice, but maybe you'll come to love and respect your federal bureaucrats. Because that's all they want. They never meant to cause you any sorrow or any pain, but rather they only wanted to one time see you laughing in the purple rain. After your application forms are approved, of course…
No more free scooters.
Now you've done it! they tea bagger wing nuts will be storming the Capitol
Oh fuck it, let's do a wholesale liquidation. I'm sure China could do something useful with Arkansas, Texas, Florida, and Alabama, and we'll let Kiribati take care of the rest.
Should Tuvalu, with its dot-TV web suffix, get the trannies or the couch potatoes?
Boehner remembers how well the shutdown improved Gingrich's popularity and wants to repeat it.
If Fox shut down, that would eliminate Gingrich's platform and he would cease to exist. Can we shut down Murdoch instead of the government? They could still keep those purdy blonde ladies on the teevee, though.
Lets not forget Boehner's little "Read My Lips" episode yesterday.
maybe that's why he has wife eyes all the time.
Yeah, but they are STUPID Nazis.
I really wasn't thrilled about filing my 1040 this year anyway. Glad to read the Feds feel the same about that.
Don't worry. The government already has your money from last year. There might be a bit of a problem if you were expecting to get any back, though.
All those stupid teatard States are going to have to suck it up, bigtime, when they don't have the Federal monies coming in anymore to support their fat, freeloading asses.
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Actually the teatard states are usually the ones that suck up most of the freebies.
That's what he/she said.
You left out "welfare queen" in your description of the teatarded states.
Oh, please. Real Nazis would have invaded Canada by now.
Liebensraum!
(Did I spell that right?)
On the one hand, it would give the repugnicants less government, less regulation, less oversight on their companies, fewer enforcement agencies making sure they mind those pesky child labor laws, anti-discrimination laws, etc.
On the other hand, it would give them less power, less control and less TV time. Decisions, decisions.
Boehner knows… When you have a winning strategy, you want to use it.
“Yeah, the Federal Government Is Going To Shut Down Forever”
Libertarian wetdream.
Libertarian wetdream
…until shit gets real and it falls on them to handle all the shit they take for granted. But you know how it is, haters gonna hate… (and so am I!)
Galt-porn!
Like how, despite being a city employee, Ron Swanson celebrated when Pawnee's government was shut down.
If John Boehner has to destroy America in order to save it, then he says so be it. And he can cut some costs by eliminating the "save it" part of that equation.
How many jobs does this attempt to defund Planned Parenthood create? Also.
Considering that it eleminates jobs and creates people, it's a long-term job-killer.
Republicans can only worry about jobs when someone is talking about taxing or regulating their corporate masters. Because, you know, spewing less pollution is a job killer!
But Boehner isn't qualified to be a garbage man in Galt's Gulch, how will he ever survive?
So be it, sayeth The Orange One.
Thank God they are shutting down the Government, as now no one will get their hands on the 'bagger's Medicare and Social Security Checks.
When those checks don't show up, tune into Glenn Puffy McBecklesworth's magic chalk boards to get the real reason the checks are late…, and Sasha's allowance just tripled!
I'll miss the national parks, but not the internment camps.
YESSSSS! Y'know, I'm a lot like George Carlin. I like it when bad things happen, and when things break down. When the stock market plunged, I was watching and cheering that shit right on. Our culture is morally bankrupt, and really the people are too. Watching it crash and burn is exciting.
Living in America gives me a front row seat to the Circus, so pass those sodium and butter laced popcorn bags with a large cup of carbonated formaldehyde and get the fuck on with the show!
great, now i have to go make popcorn.
with lots of butter.
Somebody has to make a stand. Why wouldn't the people of Wisconsin do some penance for being the wellspring of damaging assholes like Joseph McCarthy and Paul "The Hammock Taker" Ryan?
So hey, Cheesehead brothers and sisters! Get out there and strap some bread on your head and wave to us from a tank when they unleash the National Guard on you.
Maybe people are fed up with being pushed around by these assholes. I know I am.
especially since there are like twelve of them and they are old and fat.
What they should have realized is that they’re all Nazis.
Not possible, as the Nazi's had style.
Gibson Les Paul-topia! *KRANG!* *CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!*
I'd prefer a Martin D40 state, thank you very much.
The Martin D40 is a fine choice, indeed.
OK then, here's the plan: you stick it to the man with an acoustic version of Peace Train while I brain him with a hefty chunk of solid mahogany and glass him with busted mother of pearl inlays…
♫You say you want a revolution, well you know..♫
Federal Government shut down? Yippee! I guess this means that we'll finally get our asses out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and shut down Gitmo…woo hoo!!
Oh wait, I bet this only means "non-essential" stuff like education and food for people too poor to buy hobo beans. Ugh.
yeah, not going to say what i do but i do know i've been told i'll be working regardless.
yes, that would be good because today I saw a young kid, double amputee, with a scar on his head. Around here, 2 miles from Walter Reed, I see wounded vets on a regular basis unlike our politicians who make an annual visit to the hospital and then fund the war again.
if only there were some word for an anti-utopia…
FUCKING SYNONYMS HOW DO THEY WORK
utopia goes up, dystopia goes down, you can't explain it.
NARY A MISUNDERSTANDING
Just as long as they shut down the FAA so that everyone of those idiots will be stuck in DC for the duration.
i hope they're all considering what happens to a bagger without a scooter.
People say "government shutdown" like it's a bad thing.
Yeah, I thought "shut it down" was a good thing. Like "Hey how was the club tonight?" "Fantastic, we shut it down!" I can't keep up with these kids and their jargon…
If the government shuts down, the terrorists win.
They're taking the government on strike? Those unpatriotic bastards!
If the government shuts down, who gets to have the sexytime with the intern this go-round? And will Riley agree?
Riley's consent will neither be requested, nor required. Sorry there, sport…
There's not a handbasket big enough for these assholes.
Does this have ANYTHING to do with a brown person being in the WHITE house and a brown wannabe is in control of the BROWN house?
And once all the states declare bankruptcy to screw their public employees' pension funds we can all start fresh, just like a big, fancy corporation would.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Federal Government!
If the Federal government shuts down, does that mean Congress does not get paid?
OK, I thought that idea was too good to be true. But I'll settle for Congress shutting *up*, at least this particular Congress…
Wonder how long it will take for the Chinese Finance Company to show up and start repossessing the furniture.
I'm transferring to Guam and beginning a movement to sell Guam back to Japan.
Universal health care and panties in vending machines for all!
But before they shut down forever, they'd at least like to strip all funding from Planned Parenthood. Priorities!
Nazis???? * Sticks hands down knickers and gets busy*
Diddling while Rome burns?
Nazis nehmen uns die Arbeitsplätze weg!
Alle zurück in die schüttung!
(Ich spreche kein Deutsch. Nahe genug?)
Oh the delicious irony of Tea Party in at the start and at the end.
Where are these jobs that the Republicans campaigned on creating?
I just hope that's not Mel_Gibsonian.
Wait, I know this one! A government shutdown which causes America to default on its debt, precipitating a worldwide economic meltdown… is good news for Republicans? Because they're the party of fiscal responsibility, and totally not of being willing to destroy America and the planet because of politics, and also of straight-up magical thinking when it comes to the question of appropriate economic policies when in the middle of what will eventually be called the Second Depression.
I said it elsewhere, but this nation is paralyzed. It's completely ungovernable. And, Obama is talking about winning the future? If even we had no paralysis, we'd be playing catch-up for years if not decades with how far we've been set back.
This reminds me about why I'm so pissed about our majorities, last session.
Boehner could not give a shit. The end.
So be it.
Well, if there is a government shutdown then I won't have to bother with smashing the state. It will already have smashed itself.
With half the work done, all that will be left to accomplish is to Build Socialism.
Next step: People's Democratic Republic although there will be a pause to string up bankers from the lamp posts.
Wait til someone tells my mother she actually has to PAY her doctor! You think Muslim terrorists are scary …
She could always just bring a chicken to pay him.
I'm guessing our Mr. Stuef meant the title of his post to be sarcastic, but it looks a little too on the nose to me. I don't believe this will be a repeat of the mid-'90s shut down, mainly because I think the current Rethuglicans would genuinely prefer to see the federal government undergo a Soviet-style collapse than go on living in a country where they can't make everybody live according to their horrible, horrible precepts.
And as much as I like the prez, I don't see where he's prepared to be the Lincolnesque ruthless bastard required to keep it from happening. One alternative that I can see unfortunately is the Democrats caving; it's anyone's guess which would be worse.
If someone show me where I'm full of it and needlessly worrying (as I am prone to do), I would be grateful.
They are not Nazis, just mostly fascists and assorted fascist dupes. Nazis wear swastikas.
Yes, of course, nothing says "It's morning in America" more than shutting down the Federal government. Having been working abroad when this was done under Newt "Not Really an Amphibian" Gingrich in 1995, I must say it really impresses all of the other countries in world with what a powerhouse the USA is when the embassies and consulates close down due to a lack of funding. Soon enough, though, the military bases will be shutting down and the Pax Americana will be over. A shame, really. Or not…
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